{"id":331434,"date":"2025-10-09T18:31:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T18:31:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/331434\/"},"modified":"2025-10-09T18:31:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T18:31:11","slug":"details-on-tennessees-free-public-basketball-scrimmage-ahead-of-2025-26-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/331434\/","title":{"rendered":"Details on Tennessee’s free public basketball scrimmage ahead of 2025-26 season"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tennessee’s men’s basketball <\/a>team will host a public scrimmage on Saturday at Food City Center.<\/p>\n

Gates will open at 11 a.m. EDT and the scrimmage will begin at 11:30 a.m. EDT. Admission is free and fans can enter through Gates C and D and are encouraged to sit in Sections 103, 104, 105, 106 and 107.<\/p>\n

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Concession stands will be closed and there will not be public parking available on campus, as lots are allocated for the Tennessee-Arkansas football game.<\/p>\n

The Vols advanced to the NCAA Tournament Elite Eight in 2025 for a third time in program history. Tennessee went 30-8 (12-6 SEC) last season and finished with a No. 5 national ranking for a second consecutive season.<\/p>\n

Head coach Rick Barnes <\/a>will begin his 11th campaign as Tennessee’s head coach. He enters the season with 836 wins, the most of any active NCAA Division I head coach.<\/p>\n

Tennessee’s 2025-26 roster includes four returning letter winners, including Felix Okpara<\/a>. Tennessee also has nine newcomers, including freshman Nate Ament <\/a>and transfer Ja’Kobi Gillespie<\/a>, a Third-Team All Big Ten performer for Maryland last season.<\/p>\n

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More: 2025-26 Tennessee men’s basketball schedule, TV, tipoff times<\/a><\/p>\n

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